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Blogger at Two

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bloggingToday is Day One of my third year at blogging.
When I started in 2013, I had already made an unsuccessful attempt at a presence in cyberspace so I was not sure what it would be like a third time.
However, instead of writing, I started with pictures – to showcase my ‘alleged’ skills with the camera.
I also wrote at times but continued with photos and that’s how it continued.
Gradually, followers started coming in and ‘likers’ increased as well.
That gave me the confidence to keep going.
The attempt was to write or post something each day and I pretty much succeeded the first year.
Year Two was different and not as productive, even though I managed to keep somewhat of a pace.
As I step into Year Three, I thank all those who have followed my posts from around the globe, from places as far away as Zambia and Australia, or as ‘technically-remote’ as Afghanistan and Libya.
This is also a special Thank You to all those who like every post and those who comment fairly regularly, surely after reading it and appreciating.
This is also a Thank You to those who hit the ‘like’ button anyway. That makes me feel good as well.
I have over the last two years, close to 3,000 followers who I think look forward to my posts as much as I look forward to theirs.
The blogging community is a close knit one and we happen to know one another fairly well through our writings and pictures.
This is an ever-growing community that binds us together and strengthens global bonds.
May this tribe grow.

Inspired by food!

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NCFC-Food-ImageDear fellow bloggers.
I have started a new blog, http://www.cookwithsingh.com, which is inspired by some of the blogs I follow here and at http://www.expatsnews.com.
After I started blogging here a little more than a year ago primarily to give vent to my passion for writing and photography, I was pleasantly surprised how beautiful an experience that was. Soon, around six months ago, I started posting on issues about expatriates all over the world (expatsnews.com) and trying to highlight their issues and problems. Being an expat myself in Bahrain, I could feel more on what they go through.
Throughout my journey as a blogger, some very prolific writers and amateur cooks followed me here and at expatsnews.com and, reading them, I was quite fascinated how much interest they generated on the world wide web and, finally, decided it was time for me to give it a go as well.
Hopefully, I will be able to do justice to this side of my personality as well.
I have always loved to cook, having been ‘coached’ by my mother at a very early age and having experimented in the kitchen endlessly, causing several mishaps in the bargain! But it has all been a learning process.
Through this blog, I will try to detail some of the food I cook – but it’s food with a difference – since I have no specific recipes and no particular style. All that matters is that the food tastes good and looks appetising. Do check out the new venture.
As I have said, I am INSPIRED BY FOOD!

A year on…….

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blogIt’s been a year today that I wrote my first blog.
On April 27 last year, I had no idea what blogging was; how I would do; what I would write and whether it would continue!
Three hundred and sixty-five days on, I have written or posted 395 blog posts, have raked up 12,765 hits and run up 2,262 followers. I have sure come a long way from my first post (http://singhcircle.com/2013/04/27/suq-reborn-2/).
To say the least, I have surprised even myself. I never thought I had it in me, even to continue for a few weeks. I did not imagine I would end up posting an average of more than a post a day, be it a picture, a quote, a narrative or even a picture caption!
But it has happened.
And I have to thank those sceptics who claimed I would not “go beyond a few posts” and those who said “blogging is just a fad you will soon outgrow” for my determination to go on!
While I initially though I would work to prove them wrong, over the weeks and months, I have begun to enjoy just being online and am now able to write, or blog about anything – from an incident I faced, to something I saw, from a childhood memory or what I think is a picture worth sharing. It’s all happened – and continue to happen.bl
As I embark on the Year Two journey, I have a special mention for all the followers of singhcircle.com, from photographers, gardeners, engineers, doctors, pet and animal lovers, travellers, students, musicians, chefs, men, women, teenagers.
A special Thank You to the handful who have made it a point to ‘like’ every blog post that I do, and even comment in appreciation of some; thanks also to the scores of bloggers I follow and read and who continue to inspire, particularly those who take beautiful and awesome pictures. Applause, too, for family, friends, acquaintances and colleagues who have often commented in person on what they liked or disliked about a particular narrative or picture!
All in all, it’s been a very encouraging year.
I hope I am able to improve, and write even more, not only for my ‘feel good’ factor but also for those who read me. I wish I could be as good, or even come close to, some of those I follow and those who follow me.
That’s no easy task. But there is hope.
As a wise man said once: Don’t strive to be perfect; because if you are so, you will never improve!